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the horizontal axis, and we have the scatter diagram shown in Figure 8.1. The dots
do not fall perfectly on a straight line, but scatter around a line, very typical for
statistical relationships. However, a straight line seems to t very well. Generally,
the 12 dots go from upper left to lower right, and we have a negative association.
As shown in Example 2.8, we obtained a Pearsons cor- relation coecient of r
0:946, indicating a very strong negative association.
TABLE 8.1
x y x 2 y2 xy
112 63 12,544 3,969 7,056
119 52 14,161 2,704 6,188
120 6,561 14,400 9,720 84
72 11,236 5,184 7,632 103